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Which district is the leading producer of tobacco in Gujarat?
A.Charotar (Kheda Vadodara)
B.Surat
C.Ahmedabad
D.Junagadh

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Hint: Tobacco, an item which procures combined charge income including focal extract, state charges (VAT, passage charge and so on), more than Rs.29,000 crore and unfamiliar trade Rs. 6449 crore every year other than giving business straightforwardly or by implication to 45.7 huge number of individuals.

Complete answer: Tobacco plants require sandy and ripe soil to develop. Moderate precipitation is needed for the creation of tobacco. Charotar (Kheda - Vadodara) area is the main maker of tobacco in Gujarat. At the point when the leaves of tobacco plants evaporate, it seems yellow like gold.
It is filled in about 0.24 % of the complete trimmed zone of the nation. Among different sorts of tobacco filled in India, bidi tobacco positions second, representing 35 % of the all out tobacco region and first underway representing 33 % of complete tobacco creation in the nation. In Gujarat, tobacco is developed in around 1.59 lakh ha, the significant sort being bidi tobacco. Different sorts of tobacco filled in Gujarat are biting (Lal and Kala chopadia), Hookah (Gadaku) and rustica, which are filled in around 40,000 ha. All out creation comes to around 263 million kg with a profitability of 1658 kg/ha.

So the correct answer is A.

Note: The creation of bidi tobacco in Gujarat is generally moved in the Middle Gujarat Zone involving Kheda, Anand, Mahisagar and Vadodara regions (90 % of absolute creation of Gujarat) other than a little region in Panchmahals region.